Favorite On May 6, 2017 Lisha Sterling gave a presentation at LinuxFest Northwest about the digital warfare enacted against Water Protectors at the camps at Standing Rock in 2016 and 2017. The slides are available at this link. Click to visit original source at Geeks without Boundaries
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Bringing Internet To Oceti Sakowin
Favorite On May 7, 2017 Lisha Sterling gave a presentation at LinuxFest Northwest about how we set up Internet for Water Protectors at the camps at Standing Rock in 2016 and 2017. The slides are available at this link. Click to visit original source at Geeks without Boundaries
Internet at Standing Rock
Favorite Since September I’ve been working with the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. A big part of that work has been setting up Internet connectivity for camp. Before we even started on that, though, we sat down with members of the community at Standing Rock, most especially the elders who…
Protecting Human Life At Standing Rock
Favorite On November 28, 2016 North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple ordered that the Water Protectors leave the Oceti Sakowin Camp located north of the Cannon Ball River. In his executive order he stated: I direct state agencies, emergency service officials, and nongovernmental organizations to reduce threats to public safety by not guaranteeing the provision of…
A Small Victory, But More To Do
Favorite Tonight social media is all a flutter with news about the Army Corps of Engineers statement that they will not give any permit to ETP to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe. Many people think that this is a great victory and that the Water Protectors have won. But this is simply…